topic Re: XPT in V8 format created via %loc2xpt is missing dataset labels in SAS Programming

XPT in V8 format created via %loc2xpt is missing dataset labels

Ryanwang — Wed, 15 May 2024 07:36:19 GMT

When I converted the dataset with %xpt2loc I found that creating the XPT in V8 format via %loc2xpt was missing the dataset labels. Dose anyone know about it? Thanks!

Re: XPT in V8 format created via %loc2xpt is missing dataset labels

ballardw — Wed, 15 May 2024 13:41:18 GMT

Your subject line references %loc2xpt. The body of your question asks about %xpt2loc. Which macro did you actually use?

It may also help to show the code you used for the call to the macro so we know which options you may have used.

@Ryanwang wrote:

When I converted the dataset with %xpt2loc I found that creating the XPT in V8 format via %loc2xpt was missing the dataset labels. Dose anyone know about it? Thanks!

Re: XPT in V8 format created via %loc2xpt is missing dataset labels

Tom — Wed, 15 May 2024 17:21:45 GMT

Works fine for me:

data have(label='Class data');
  set sashelp.class;
run;

filename xpt temp;
%loc2xpt(libref=work,memlist=have,filespec=xpt,format=v8);
proc delete data=have; run;
%xpt2loc(libref=work,memlist=have,filespec=xpt);
proc contents data=work.have;
run;

Result: